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Who Was Alive in 1600

14 of 492 historical figures were alive in 1600

Elizabeth I
Elizabeth IAge 67
1533–1603 · Politics & Leadership
Queen of England, the Elizabethan era
Akbar the Great
Akbar the GreatAge 58
1542–1605 · Politics & Leadership
Mughal emperor who unified India
Tokugawa Ieyasu
Tokugawa IeyasuAge 57
1543–1616 · Politics & Leadership
Founder of Japan's Tokugawa shogunate
Tycho Brahe
Tycho BraheAge 54
1546–1601 · Science & Invention
Astronomer of precise naked-eye observations
Miguel de Cervantes
Miguel de CervantesAge 53
1547–1616 · Literature
Author of Don Quixote
Francis Bacon
Francis BaconAge 39
1561–1626 · Philosophy & Thought
Philosopher of the scientific method
Galileo Galilei
Galileo GalileiAge 36
1564–1642 · Science & Invention
Father of modern observational astronomy
William Shakespeare
William ShakespeareAge 36
1564–1616 · Literature
Greatest playwright in the English language
Caravaggio
CaravaggioAge 29
1571–1610 · Art
Revolutionary Baroque painter
Johannes Kepler
Johannes KeplerAge 29
1571–1630 · Science & Invention
Laws of planetary motion
Peter Paul Rubens
Peter Paul RubensAge 23
1577–1640 · Art
Flemish Baroque painter
René Descartes
René DescartesAge 4
1596–1650 · Philosophy & Thought
"I think, therefore I am"
Oliver Cromwell
Oliver CromwellAge 1
1599–1658 · Politics & Leadership
Lord Protector of England
Diego Velázquez
Diego VelázquezAge 1
1599–1660 · Art
Spanish painter of Las Meninas

Also Born in 1600

1600–1649 · born November 19
King of England, Scotland and Ireland from 1625 to 1649
1600–1681 · born January 17
Spanish playwright and poet (1600–1681)

Also Died in 1600

1548–1600 · died February 17
Italian Dominican friar, philosopher and mathematician (1548–1600)

Sources

  1. 1600 — Wikipedia. Births, deaths and events of the year
  2. Elizabeth I — Wikipedia
  3. Akbar — Wikipedia
  4. Tokugawa Ieyasu — Wikipedia
  5. Tycho Brahe — Wikipedia
  6. Miguel de Cervantes — Wikipedia
  7. Francis Bacon — Wikipedia
  8. Galileo Galilei — Wikipedia
  9. William Shakespeare — Wikipedia
  10. Caravaggio — Wikipedia
  11. Johannes Kepler — Wikipedia
  12. Peter Paul Rubens — Wikipedia
  13. René Descartes — Wikipedia
  14. Oliver Cromwell — Wikipedia
  15. Diego Velázquez — Wikipedia
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